Genealogy Krook » Cornelis Nicolai (1904-1940)

Personal data Cornelis Nicolai 

  • He was born on January 5, 1904 in Rijswijk ,ZH.
  • He died on May 13, 1940 in Rhenen ,UT, he was 36 years old.
    Bij de Grebbelinie gevallen als soldaat Koninklijke Landmacht. Sold. M.C.-II-24 R.I.
    Cornelis woonde toen in 's Gravenhage
  • This information was last updated on May 23, 2021.

Household of Cornelis Nicolai

He is married to Christina Louisa Krook.

They got married on November 2, 1927 at 's Gravenhage ,ZH, he was 23 years old.


Notes about Cornelis Nicolai

Zn van: Petrus Marinus Nicolai en Maria Leeijendijk
Kinderen Nicolai geb. te 's Gravenhage: 1e Piet * ca 1930, 2e Truusje * ca 1931 en 3e Tonny * ca 1934.


Second World War victim


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Historical events

Birthday January 5, 1904

  • The temperature on January 5, 1904 was between -3.3 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
    • January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
    • February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
    • February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
    • August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
    • December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

Day of death May 13, 1940

  • The temperature on May 13, 1940 was between 2.8 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • April 9 » Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
    • May 5 » World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
    • June 11 » World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids.
    • June 23 » Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city.
    • September 27 » World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
    • October 28 » Second World War: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.


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Source: Wikipedia

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